Pauper Metagame
Naya Gates and Mono-Red Madness are locked in a dead heat atop the Pauper metagame (11.7% vs 11.5% of 820 recent appearances), and Ruby Storm's share is up 8x over the last 14 days.
S | Midrange | 11.7% | 1.9 | 20.8 | 13 | +231% | |
A | Aggro | 11.5% | 2.1 | 18.2 | 5 | −8% | |
A | Tempo | 8.9% | 2.8 | 15.8 | 13 | −26% | |
A | Tempo | 7.8% | 2.4 | 18 | 11 | −5% | |
A | Midrange | 6.7% | 2.2 | 20.3 | 11 | +39% | |
A | Aggro | 6.1% | 1.3 | 18 | 11 | +40% | |
A | Midrange | 5.7% | 2.9 | 19.1 | 7 | +48% | |
A | Control | 4.1% | 2.6 | 19.1 | 8 | +10% | |
B | Midrange | 3.9% | 2.3 | 18.6 | 2 | −26% | |
— | Other | 3.4% | 2.1 | 19 | 1 | +817% | |
B | 2.9% | 1.1 | 18.1 | 0 | −66% | ||
B | Combo | 2.7% | 2.9 | 4.2 | 2 | +37% | |
B | Combo | 2.4% | 2.6 | 17.4 | 1 | +725% | |
B | Aggro | 2.3% | 2.5 | 11.4 | 2 | −46% | |
B | Ramp | 2.2% | 3.4 | 17.9 | 1 | −51% | |
A | 2.1% | 2.6 | 18.9 | 4 | New | ||
B | Aggro | 1.7% | 2.1 | 18.9 | 0 | −58% | |
— | Aggro | 1.7% | 2.1 | 19.6 | 0 | −66% | |
C | Aggro | 1.6% | 1.6 | 16.9 | 1 | +83% | |
— | 1.5% | 2.1 | 19.4 | 0 | −8% | ||
— | Aggro | 1.5% | 1.4 | 17.1 | 0 | −8% | |
C | Midrange | 1.5% | 3.3 | 16.8 | 0 | −50% | |
— | Aggro | 0.9% | 1.8 | 20.3 | 0 | New | |
— | Ramp | 0.7% | 3.1 | 19.2 | 0 | −54% | |
— | Aggro | 0.5% | 2.3 | 21 | 1 | −8% | |
— | 0.4% | 2 | 19 | 2 | −39% | ||
— | 0.4% | 1.5 | 20.7 | 0 | New | ||
— | 0.4% | 2.4 | 18 | 0 | −54% | ||
— | Control | 0.4% | 2.6 | 20.7 | 0 | −45% | |
— | 0.4% | 2.7 | 10.7 | 0 | −69% | ||
— | 0.2% | 2.7 | 18 | 0 | −54% | ||
— | 0.1% | 2.3 | 20 | 0 | −82% | ||
— | 0.1% | 4.2 | 17 | 0 | New |
Finishes by Strategy
Top strategies by Challenge Top 8s, League 5-0s, or both.
- 1. Naya Gates — 13 Top 8s, 46 League 5-0s
- 2. Mono-Red Madness — 5 Top 8s, 52 League 5-0s
- 3. Terror — 13 Top 8s, 30 League 5-0s
- 4. Faeries — 11 Top 8s, 30 League 5-0s
- 5. Jund Wildfire — 11 Top 8s, 15 League 5-0s
- 6. Mono-Red Rally — 11 Top 8s, 21 League 5-0s
- 7. Grixis Affinity — 7 Top 8s, 17 League 5-0s
- 8. Jeskai Control — 8 Top 8s, 13 League 5-0s
- 9. Golgari Gardens — 2 Top 8s, 17 League 5-0s
- 10. Rogue — 1 Top 8, 17 League 5-0s
Metagame Mix Over Time
Share of the field held by the top 10 strategies (~70% of the meta), over the last 90 days.
- 1. Naya Gates — 11.7%
- 2. Mono-Red Madness — 11.5%
- 3. Terror — 8.9%
- 4. Faeries — 7.8%
- 5. Jund Wildfire — 6.7%
- 6. Mono-Red Rally — 6.1%
- 7. Grixis Affinity — 5.7%
- 8. Jeskai Control — 4.1%
- 9. Golgari Gardens — 3.9%
- 10. Rogue — 3.4%
Pauper Metagame Movers
Strategies gaining or losing share vs the prior 14-day window.
Gaining Pauper Metagame Share
last 14d vs prior 14d0.28% → 2.3% share
3.7% → 12.2% share
1.1% → 2.1% share
Losing Pauper Metagame Share
last 14d vs prior 14d1.4% → 0.26% share
4.5% → 1.6% share
2.3% → 0.78% share
Newest Pauper Rogue decks
Brews from the last 14 days that didn't match any archetype rule yet.
Most-played Pauper cards
List changes within archetypes over the last 14 days. Hover a badge for share change — use 14d to match the homepage.
Rankings are based on 384 recent MTGO Challenge appearances in the selected window.
Pauper is a competitive format restricted to cards that have been printed at common rarity, available online and in paper.